Became Illinois's first chief factory inspector and in 1899 took control of the National Consumers League

Muller v. Oregon

Supreme Court case that decided that laws should be placed to prevent women from harmful effects of factory labor.

Lochner v. New York

Supreme Court case that almost eliminated the 10-hour workday for bakers

Triangle Shirtwaist Company

Factory in New York City that caught fire and, due to fire code violations, became a death trap for its workers.

Frances E. Willard

Founder of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (SCTU), which became the largest women's organization in the world

1902 mining strike

Workers went on strike, demanding a shorter workday and higher pay; the owners ignored them; Theodore Roosevelt threatened to use force against the business, not the workers, for the first time; they agreed to arbitration, and the workers got some of their demands.

Department of Commerce and Labor

Made in 1903; included the Bureau of Corporations, which was authorized to probe businesses engaged in interstate commerce

Elkins Act of 1903

Placed fines on railroads that gave and shippers that recieved rebates

Hepburn Act of 1906

Restricted free passes

J.P. Morgan and James J. Hill

Organizers of the Norhtern Securities Company

Upton Sinclair

Author of The Jungle who opened America's eyes to the unsanitary process used for meat packing

Meat Inspection Act of 1906

Decreed that the preparation of meat shipped over state lines was subject to federal inspection

Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

Ensured accurate labelling of food and pharmaceuticals

Ddesert Land Act of 1877

Government sold arid land cheaply, requiring that buyers irrigate it within 3 years

Forest Reserve Act of 1891

Authorized the president to set aside public forests as national parks and reserves

Carey Act of 1894

Distributed federal land to states on the condition that it would be irrigated

Newlands Act of 1902

Authorized Washington to collect money from the sale of public land in the west and use it to develop irrigation

Roosevelt Dam

Dam on Arizona's Salt River dedicated by Teddy Roosevelt in 1911

Hetch Hetchy controversy

The preservationalists protested when the federal government allowed San Francisco to build a dam for its local water supply in the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park.

"Roosevelt Panic" of 1907

Financial panic that businesses blamed on Roosevelt which led to the Aldrich-Breeland and Federal Reserve Acts.